Building



F. E. D'HUMY.

Feb. 6, 1923.

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F. E. DHUMY BUiLDlNC 3 SHIFTS-SHEET 2 F- LED JAN Feb. 6, 1923. 1,444,307

F. E. D'HUMY.

BUILDING FILED JANv 25, I92] 3 SHEETS'SHEET 3 I I I 7 I I 5 i r I 1 I l 7 1 I 5 I I I I 5 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 4 I I 1 I I I I I Iv a I 1 z I I I I I 5 I 8 9 3 uucnfoz Fernmzdlifdflbnzg Patented Feb. 6, 1923.

1,444,307 PATENT OFFICE.

*IFERNANFTE. min-MY; OFENGIiliWOGDEhZEW'JERSiQY. ass'mnon To RAMP pILDmGs .conronmnom of NEW RK" .4 BUILDING.

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in buildings of the type in which groups of relatively staggered lloors areeonueeted h v ramps to permit motor vehieles or. tl|e like to travel from the ground lQVrLtp an v floor of either group. 5 l I flhe principal object of .tltglJt'QSQtl t in} vent 1cm is to provide an .arrangezilent.pf groups of floors and ramps inha iiuilding pl the aforesaid type which may; beem'plbyed in the erection of buildings-jonpplots of many ditl'erent shapes.

In the dmwings: 4 j Fir 1 is a horizontal s eetional yie n on tli' llne I-i of Fig. 2;" Fi 2 a vertical section on the liming-e11 of Fig.1; Fig. 3 a vertical sectional viewon thq'iine' III-J11 of Fig. l; i

.4 x .1 1 4,) Fig. 4 a vertical section on the line I\'.

IV of Fig. 1;

- Fi 5 a horizontal sectional view on the line of Fig. (3. showing a building similar to that ilhistrated'in Figs. 1.10;

provided with four series of ramps; Fig. (3 a vertical sect onal view on ,the

,Fig. 7 a. vertical sectional view'on the line Vll-VII of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 a vertical sectional view line VIIIVIII of Fig. 5;

Fig. Qa fragmentary horizontal sectional view of a building similar to that shown in Figs. 5 to 8 illustrating a slightlymodilied arrangement of the ramps and stt'n'age spaces;

Fig. 10 a horizontal seetional view on the line XX of Fig. ll showing the invention embodied in a huilding erected on an L-shaped plot:

Fi 11 a vertical sectional view on the line RLXI of Fig. l0; and

Fi 12 a vertical sectional view on the line .'IlXll of Fig. 10.

The huilding illu trated in Figs, 1 to l eompriws l'our outer walls I and two groups of floors 4 and .3. the llotit's 5 heiug staggered on the in Y.,' A coRPonA'rmN or DELAWARE.

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relatively to the Hours 4 aml heing sepw rated from .the floors 4' by two dividing walls! and- 5 extending at right angles to liltll other. In the eunstruetion shown-in Figs- I to 4 the- Hours 5 are #uhstantially square and the lloors=4 are suhstantiall} L-shaped' hut-it will he. ohvious that the shape of either group of lioojrs ,llltl \'f--bt3 'varied. the shape and relative proportions of the Hours heing determined h v lltMSlZt and shapelof the plot on which the building is erected. it hcing esStlltlill only that-a part of at-least two sides of one group of floors shall he loeated adjacent a part of two sides of the other group of floors.

A group of snperposed and similarly inf elined ramps (3 extend through the dividing wall .Zf Eaeh ramp (i eoltliet'ls one of the floors 4 with the next higher one of the the top surfaee of one rampto. or' approxi mately to, the under surface ofthe next higher-ramp-of the series. With this arrangemet'thnf floors and ramps it will he ohvious that a ,vehiele, entering the building thronglvasuitable doorw a v 12. giving access toithe ground floor of thehuilding. which is 1} the lowermost floor of.. the groupof floors 4. may travel, from floor to floor h}: ascending the lowermost ramp (3 to the h'nvermost one of, the floors 5. traversing said floor 5 t0 the lmvermostone of the ramps]. ascelitling the lowermost ramp 7 to, the second one of the floors 4; traversing said second floor 4 around the corner of-the meeting ends of the two dividing walls 2 and 3 to the second one of the. ramps 6. and so on upward from floor to floor of the huilding. Descending vehicles traverse the lioors aml ramps in the rever e direction as indicated by the a rrows in Fig. l. and the ramps and connecting passages on the various floors are preferably made of suflieient width to permit vehicles forming ascending and descending lines of trallic to travel in tli. lili(i eonrentric paths I have shown the tw gr p of ramp 0- the distance of travel from the lowermost to the"u'ppermost floor of the, building to a minimum, but 't will be obvious that the ramps may be i ated at any desired point in the two walls. It is also obvious that instead of extending through the dividing walls at right an les to the walls, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, t e ramps 6 and '1 may extend diagonally through the walls, as shown in Fig. 9. sired, each set of ramps maybe located entirely at one side of the adjacent dividing wall. Short side walls 8 extend through the dividing wall 2 from end to end of the ramps Gand similar walls 9 extend through the dividing wall 3 from end to end of the ramps 7. It will be obvious.-however. that guard rails may be substituted for walls 8 if desired.

The buildings illustrated in Figs. 5 to '8' is of the same construction as that illus trated in Figs. 1 to 4 with the exception that two additional series of ramps are provided. In this construction a series of superposed ramps 10 is arranged along one side of the series of ramps 6. The ramps I" are inclined oppositely to the ramps 6. each of said ramps 10 connecting one of the floors 4 with the next lower one of the group of floors 5. A series of ramps 11 is arranged along one side of the series of ramps 7. the

ramps 11 being inclined oppositely to the ramps 7. Each ramp 11 connects one of the floors 4 with the next higher one of the group of floors In this construction vehicles may enter the building through'the door 12 and ascend from floor to floor by means of the two sets of ramps 6 and 7 and vehicles may descend from floor to floor by means of ramps 10 and 11. 'ith the ramps arranged as shown.'it will'he' observed that the'ascending and descending streams of trafiic are concentric-"with each other. and that ascending and descending vehicles will travel in the same direction along the several floors of the building between the ends of the ramps communicating with the floors. thus reducing the chances of collision to a minimum. Guard walls 8 extend along longitudinal edges of the ramps 6 and 10 and guard walls 9 extend along the longitudinal edges of the ramps 7 and 11. In buildings employing four sets of ramps, outgoing ve hicles may leave the building by the same door 12 by which incoming vehicles enter the building or they may leave the building by a separate door 14 conveniently located with reference to the lowermost ramp 11. as shown in Fig. 8.

The building shown in Fig. 9 is constructed in the same manner as that shown in Figs. 5 to R with the exception that the ramps extend diagonally through the di- It is also obvious that if de- .viding walls 2 and 3 and all four series of ramps are arranged in parallel vertical planes. The ramps (3 and 1H and the ra'mps 7 and ll may be arranged at alqwlcsired points along the respective walls Q'and 3.

In Figs. 10 to 12 l have shown one way in which my invention may bccmlmdied in a building erected upon an L-shaped plot. In the construction shown. one wing of thc L-shaped floors 4 is extended beyond that sideof the group of floors 5 along which the dividing wall 3 extends. The arrangement of-ramps employed in this construction is the same as that employed in the. building shown in Figs. 1 to 4. The several 'tloors of the building may be divided into storage spaces in any desired manner. I have shown these floors in the several forms of building illustrated in the drawings asdivided b v curbing or low partitions 13 into individual storage spaces for automobiles, there being one or more corridors or driveways on each floor communicating with the storage spaces and the economical use of the space on each floor between the ramps 10 and ll for storage purposes.

As heretofore stated, in the construction shown in l igs. 1' to 8 and Figs. 10 to 12, the sets of angular] dis )osed ramps may be located at an (esired point along the walls 2 and 3. t will be obvious that if these sets of ungularly disposed ramps were located farther from the junction of the walls 2 and 3. the space at the inner corner of the floors 5 could be utilized to store vehicles. I prefer. however. to locate these sets of ramps as. close as )(lSSllllO to the junctions of the walls 2 and 3 so as to reduce the distance of travel from top to bottom of the building to a minimum and to utilize the space at the inner corner 0 the floors 5 for a fire tower. stairway, ele ator shaft. or the like. v 'hile I have only shown the invention embodied in buildings built upon square and L-shaped plots. it. will be obvious that the shape of either or both groups of floors may be varied as desired to afford the most economical use of floor space in buildings erected upon plots of many dilicrcut shapes. it being essential only that all or a part of at least two sides of one group of floors shall extend along all or a part of at least two sides of the other group of floors.

\\'hat I claim is:

i. building having outer walls. a group of superposed angular floors overlying one part of the ground area within the outer walls, a second group of superposed floors arranged in planes intermediate the planes of the angular floors and overlying another part of the ground area within the outer walls, and two series of ramps located adjacent one corner of the second grou of floors and connecting each of said oors with two different angularly disposed wings of two difierent angular floors, the ramps in each series being parallel with each other and superposed in a vertical plane.

2. A building having outer walls, a group of superposed angular floors overlying one part of the ground area within the outer walls, a second group of superposed floors arranged in planes intermediate the planes of the angular floors and overlying another part of the ground area within the outer walls, and ramps connecting one corner of each floor of the second group with different wings of two adjacent superposed angular floors.

3. A building comprising outer walls, a group of superposed floors within the outer walls, a second group of superposed floors staggered relatively to the floors of the first group and having different sides thereof adjoining different sides of the first group of floors, two vertical series of ramps connecting the floors of the second group with the next higher fioors of the first group at points opposite different sides of the second group of floors, and two vertical series of ramps connecting the floors of the second group with the next lower floors of the first group at points opposite different sides of the second group of floors, and all four of said series of ramps being arranged in parallel vertical planes adjacent one corner of the second group of floors.

4. A building comprising outer walls, a group of superposed floors overlying a part of the ground area within the outer walls, a second group of superposed floors overlying the remaining portion of the ground area Within the outer walls and located in planes intermediate the planes of the floors of the first group, a series of parallel ramps superposed in a vertical plane and connecting the floors of thd second group with the next higher floors of the first group, and a second series of parallel ramps superposed in a vertical plane and connecting the floors of the second group with the next lower floors of the first group, said two series of ramps being located adjacent each other and connecting the second group of floors with different angularly disposed portions of the floors of the first group adjacent one corner of the second group of floors.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

FERNAND E. DHUMY. 

